rock-steady

1. Absolutely or completely steady.
   • 1935 June 22,The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate, NSW, page 2, column 7:

     In successful snapshotting the camera must be heldrock steady.

2. Consistent anddependable in one'sbehaviour orperformance.
   • 1977, “Black Betty”, performed by Ram Jam:

     She's sorock steady (bam-ba-lam) / And she's always ready (bam-ba-lam).

   • 2000, Damon Gough, “Say it Again”, inThe Hour of Bewilderbeast, performed by Badly Drawn Boy:

     Now we've found arock-steady beat / Now all we need is a melody / And words that mean something and nothing

• rocksteady,rock steady
• steady as a rock

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